A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.
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Regna regnis lupi, The State is a wolf unto the State. It is not a pessimistic lamentation like the old homo homini lupus [Man is a wolf to Ma...
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If we can recognize that change and uncertainty are basic principles, we can greet the future and the transformation we are undergoing with the understanding that we do not know enough to be pessimistic.
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Some would say it is better to rule in Hell than to serve in Heaven. I view these ideas as pessimistic. I plan to conquer both Heaven and Hell.
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There are no optimistic or pessimistic personalities. There are only single, individual choices for optimistic or pessimistic thoughts.
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When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.
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If Christianity is pessimistic as to man, it is optimistic as to human destiny. Well, I can say that, pessimistic as to human destiny, I am optimistic as to man.
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I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle.
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There cannot be a personal God without a pessimistic religion. As soon as there is a personal God he is a disappointing God.
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No sense being pessimistic. It wouldn't work anyway.
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To the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and hoping are optimistic.
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